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            <title>Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Amendment Act 29 of 2014 </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004, so as to provide for the amendment and insertion of certain definitions; to delete the provisions dealing with district management areas; to provide that a rates policy must determine criteria for not only the increase but also for the decrease of rates; ]]></description>
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            <category>(Act 29 of 2014 G. 37922 GoN 630)</category>
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